Is there any need to guess? Although Kangxi didn't quite understand what Zhe was going to do with the money, he knew that if a ruler of a country would stoop so low as to borrow money from others, it meant that he was being forced into a desperate situation. Now that things had come to this, Zhe had to agree to their conditions. What other choice did he have?
In fact, it was just as Kangxi guessed. Zheye had no choice now. Even though the demands put forward by the Qing Dynasty seemed too much to him, he had to clean himself up and put himself in their mouth. Therefore, just over a month after Yinzhen sent the letter, he received a reply from Zheye.
Of course, nothing can be proven by words. Yinsi couldn't go to Japan without Kangxi's permission, and Zhe was now the Japanese emperor, so he couldn't come to the Qing either. But did that matter? You can't come to the Qing, but don't we have people in Japan? So Kangxi issued an imperial edict to Yinsi in Japan, accompanied by a letter clearly explaining the interests involved and handing him full responsibility.
In history, Yinsi was able to fight Yinzhen back and forth, so it was obvious that he had an extraordinary brain. It was like a piece of cake for him to play with those Japanese devils. He not only completed the tasks assigned to him by Kangxi excellently, but even exceeded them.
"Father, you see what I said before was right, right? Dealing with Japanese affairs is a job tailor-made for Xiao Ba. A smiling tiger facing a show-off with a strong exterior but weak interior will definitely eat him to pieces. Look, the number of our garrison has increased significantly, which saves us from secretly sending in batches of people."
Kangxi read the letter from Yinsi over and over again, and agreed deeply with what Yinzuo said. Although his eighth son had been radical for a while, he kept a low profile most of the time. He didn't expect that he had such a decisive and murderous side in his bones. It seemed that the decision to let him go to Japan was the right one.
Kangxi was determined to get the piece of fat meat of Japan. Now that the arrow was on the string, it was impossible for him to give up. In order to settle everything before Zheye sorted out the mess in the Japanese court, he secretly issued orders several times in the next six months, and sent many people to Japan, either openly or secretly. By the midsummer of the 52nd year of Kangxi's reign, everything had been almost deployed.
Now everything is ready, only Kangxi's order is missing. But there is still a saying: you can send troops, but everything must have a legitimate reason. Kangxi took Yinsi's letter and pondered it over and over for a long time, then began to take several princes and close ministers into the library in Changchun Garden. Don't ask what he was going there for; you will know that he started reading history books.
Yinzuo was forced by his father to stay in the library for two days and it was obvious that his patience was exhausted. It was true that he loved reading books, but he liked all kinds of travel notes and picture books, not these history books. When Kangxi sent someone to pick him up early in the morning again, our Prince Zhao completely gave up.
"Father, instead of rummaging through history books and racking your brains to find a legitimate reason to send troops, you should consider your son's previous suggestion. Let's not do all these fancy things and just send someone to tell that kid Zheye that a general on our side has inexplicably disappeared on their side. This person is very important to us and we must conduct a major search of their country. If he agrees, there will inevitably be some conflicts during the search, and accidental discharge of weapons is not impossible. If he disagrees, why bother looking for excuses? Just kill him..."
Kangxi had been fed up with the constant meetings these days. In the past, when he heard Yinzuo say this, he just took it as a joke. After all, a war between two countries could not be taken so lightly. But now, after hearing Yinzuo mention this, he really started to seriously consider the feasibility of this matter.
"Alright, I will seriously consider what you said. You look so sleepy, it's obvious you haven't woken up yet. Wanquan, come here and take your Sixth Master to the side hall to rest for a while."
After Yinzuo was taken away to rest, Kangxi sat there and thought over and over again for a long time. Finally, he picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Yinsi in Japan. The content of the letter was very simple. It just summarized what Yinzuo had just said and asked Yinsi to give it a try. If it worked, that would be the best. If not, he could continue the discussion.
The task was handed to Yinsi, so he naturally had to go all out. No one knew how he operated it, but the final result was a successful accidental discharge of the gun. After Yinzuo learned everything, he could only sigh that history always repeats itself...
Even though the war on the front was fierce, it was obvious that all this had no effect on Yinzuo. He lived his life as usual. Every day, he would ask Yinreng to go to Jiyaxuan to listen to books, or take Hongxu, Honghui, and Hongqing to go horseback riding outside Changchun Garden. When he was really bored, he asked Dexi to take his private treasury list and look through it to confirm whether his wealth could still withstand his squandering.
Of course, Yinzuo's family background is really very rich. Although he had spent such a large sum of money before, he received dividends this year. Even if he didn't have these, with Kangxi's preference for him, he obviously wouldn't be short of money. Let alone anything else, just look at the thick list and account book in Yinzuo's hand and you will know that Kangxi has given Yinzuo a lot of good things over the years.
"Sixth brother, I really envy you..."
Yinzhen looked at the pile of private treasury lists on Yinzuo's desk, and tears of envy almost flowed from his mouth. As for what he envied? Is there any need to ask? He envied his sixth brother for having a good father...
"Sixth brother, don't even mention Xiaojiu, even Second Brother is envious..."
It would have been fine if Yinzhen was jealous and just expressed envy, after all, over the years, apart from the regular rewards that everyone else received, he had rarely received any rewards from his father. But when Yinreng said this, Yinzuo really couldn't bear it anymore.
"Second brother, don't you feel guilty when you say that? It's understandable that Xiaojiu envied me, after all, he was just being cowardly when he saw his father, but why did you say that? I haven't been to other places, but when you lived in Yuqing Palace, I went to your private vault many times. Let's say that the yard is not as big as mine, but the treasures you have are no less than mine..."
Yinzhen sat aside and listened to his second brother and sixth brother bickering. The more he listened, the sadder he felt. Well, it turned out that during the fifty years that Khan Ama was in power, the first twenty treasures in his private treasury all went into his second brother's private treasury, and the last thirty were all given to his sixth brother. The little that was occasionally visible between his fingers went to his eldest brother for the majority. It turned out that he was not called the eldest son, the legitimate son, and the beloved son in vain.
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